Abstract: A disc playback system comprising a disc drive for reading a coded signal recorded on a disc type recording medium, and transmitting the coded signal through a synchronous channel of a digital bus, and plural display units each receiving the coded signal from the digital bus, and decoding and displaying the coded signal, wherein each of the plural display units outputs disc control information including a read command for controlling the disc drive so as to read the coded signal from the disc type recording medium, and one of the plural display units receives the disc control information from the other display units, and the display unit receives, at least as for the read command, the read commands from all of the other display units which are operating and, thereafter, outputs one read command to the disc drive. Therefore, all of the display units performing display operations can display the same picture at the same time.

Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus and method for coding moving pictures, which reduces a delay time generated by buffering of a decoding apparatus in compressive coding of the moving pictures. In this invention, the target number of bits of one picture P as a target value of the number of generated bits per one picture is set as well as the upper limit number of bits uCg as an upper limit value of the number of generated bits of the picture is set. Then, when the cumulative number of generated bits Cg generated from the first macroblock to a macroblock which is being coded in the picture exceeds the upper limit number of bits uCg in the middle of the picture which is being coded, the coding of a macroblock is skipped to avoid underflow.

Abstract: The moving image encoding device for encoding a plurality of moving image signals of this invention includes: a plurality of encoding sections for encoding the plurality of moving image signals, the encoding sections being provided with a plurality of quantization sub-sections for quantizing the plurality of moving image signals with predetermined quantization widths; and a quantization control section for controlling the quantization widths used by the quantization sections simultaneously.

Abstract: There is provided a transmitter which is capable of compressing incoming image with a relatively small delay time and transmitting the compressed image data to a receiver. Image data TD contains at least i pixel values of pixels arranged in line along a single direction, each pixel value being expressed in n bits. A transmitter Tx for compressing such image data and transmitting the image data to a receiver Rx via a transmission path N comprises a blocking section 1, a data compression section 2, and a data sending section 3. The blocking section 1 takes every p pixel values among the i pixel values in the image data to form a data block, and sequentially outputs a plurality of said data blocks DB each including the p pixel values. The data compression section 2 reduces an amount of data from each data block DB outputted from the blocking section 1 and thereby outputs a compressed block CBr.

Abstract: An user interface apparatus that receives a user operation of an electrical device and notifies the electrical device of the instruction to execute an action according to the user operation predicts at least one action, the execution of which is supposed to be desired by the user, provides a user interface for having the user designate one action out of the at least one action, and receives a designation by the user. When receiving the user designation, the user interface apparatus notifies the electrical device of the instruction to execute the action that has been designated by the user.

Abstract: A virtual machine system which forms a hot standby configuration in a single computer system and effectively controls plural operating systems and application programs, and a method of allocating resources in the virtual machine system. Plural operating systems are initiated with a small amount of main storage allocated to the individual operating systems, whereby the fixed amount of main storage allocated is reduced. When an application program is executed, a request to extend a resource is issued to a virtual machine monitor to obtain the resource, whereby an operating system newly allocates the resource to execute the application program. Where a hot standby system is built using the virtual machine system, resources are reused by reallocating resources of the active operating system to a standby operating system.

Abstract: Composite crimped yarn comprising 50-90 wt. % of cellulose filaments and synthetic fiber filaments and having a crimp elongation percentage of 0.1-4.0%; and a weft knitted fabric comprising the composite crimped yarns. A weft knitted fabric comprising the composite crimped yarns does not substantially have weft bar has a high-quality appearance, a glossiness and hand touchness of the cellulose filaments, and excellent shrinkage proofing properties and setting properties, so that this weft knitted fabric can be applied to clothing goods, such as inner wear, sports wear and outer wear which are required to have excellent, a wet strength, dimensional stability and a high quality of knitted fabric.

Abstract: There is herein disclosed a semiconductor device comprising an internal cell area 1 on which various logic circuits are formed, an I/O cell area 3 via which a signal is received/transmitted between a pad for connection to the outside and said internal cell area 1, an external pad area 2a formed outside the I/O cell area 3, and an internal pad area 2b formed between the internal cell area 1 and the I/O cell area 3. Since the internal pad area 2b is disposed not only outside the I/O cell area 3, but also between the I/O cell area 3 and the internal cell area 1, the number of pads for the connection to the outside can be increased more than that of a conventional art, and a large number of pins of a chip can be handled. Moreover, since a pad interval does not have to be narrowed, reliability is improved, and manufacture yield is raised.

Abstract: A control device 3 determines whether an image generated by merging concurrently picked-up several images has consistent image quality on a display device 2. If determined No, image quality parameters set in each image pickup device 1 are so controlled as to make the image quality of the merged image consistent. Therefore, the merged image can assuredly have consistent image quality.

Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus and method for coding moving pictures, which reduces a delay time generated by buffering of a decoding apparatus in compressive coding of the moving pictures. In this invention, the target number of bits of one picture P as a target value of the number of generated bits per one picture is set as well as the upper limit number of bits uCg as an upper limit value of the number of generated bits of the picture is set. Then, when the cumulative number of generated bits Cg generated from the first macroblock to a macroblock which is being coded in the picture exceeds the upper limit number of bits uCg in the middle of the picture which is being coded, the coding of a macroblock is skipped to avoid underflow.

Abstract: A remote control system for controlling an electronic device includes a remote controller and a remote control interface. The remote controller includes a memory for storing a plurality of control data respectively indicating the relationship between a plurality of control signals and functions of the electronic device corresponding to the plurality of control signals; a trigger signal transmitter for transmitting a trigger signal for causing the electronic device to transmit a response signal which is specific to the type of the electronic device; a receiver for receiving the response signal; and a control signal transmitter for selecting control data specific to the type of the electronic device from the plurality of control data based on the response signal, generating one of the control signals, and transmitting the generated control signal.

Abstract: A remote control system for controlling an electronic device includes a remote controller and a remote control interface. The remote controller includes a memory for storing a plurality of control data respectively indicating the relationship between a plurality of control signals and functions of the electronic device corresponding to the plurality of control signals; a trigger signal transmitter for transmitting a trigger signal for causing the electronic device to transmit a response signal which is specific to the type of the electronic device; a receiver for receiving the response signal; and a control signal transmitter for selecting control data specific to the type of the electronic device from the plurality of control data based on the response signal, generating one of the control signals, and transmitting the generated control signal.

Abstract: A frame-and-door unit includes of a frame structure and a door. A first vertical frame of the frame structure is supported on one side portion of the door by hinges. When the door is closed, a second vertical frame of the frame structure is supported on the other side portion of the door by a latch bolt and a strike. The unit is bound tight with a band that extends across the door. Each of the vertical frames is formed having a band groove along which the band is passed. The unit, kept bound tight with the band, is fitted into a door opening of a building. The band is cut after the vertical frames are fixed to the edge of the door opening. The cut band is then removed from between the edge of door opening and the vertical frames.

Abstract: Logical blocks are allocated to a plurality of logically sequential blocks of data by referring to disc array configuration information and a list of candidate logical blocks that may be allocated, so that the drives for retaining the logical blocks assigned to the blocks of data and the drives for holding the parities for these logical blocks will be all different. Thus, a total number of drives which operate in parallel for executing sequential writes to the disc array can be increased to a maximum extent.

Abstract: A frame-and-door unit includes a frame structure and a door. A first vertical frame of the frame structure is supported on one side portion of the door by hinges. When the door is closed, a second vertical frame of the frame structure is supported on the other side portion of the door by a latch bolt and a strike. The unit is bound tight with a band that extends across the door. Each of the vertical frames is formed having a band groove along which the band is passed. The unit, kept bound tight with the band, is fitted into a door opening of a building. The band is cut after the vertical frames are fixed to the edge of the door opening. The cut band is then removed from between the edge of door opening and the vertical frames.

Abstract: A first vertical frame of a frame structure is supported on one side portion of a door by hinges. A latch tacker is attached to a strike that is provided on a second vertical frame of the casing. The latch tacker has a shape such that a latch bolt of a lock body on the door can be held at least from both above and below. A latch bolt receiving aperture is formed in the latch tacker. The latch tacker is fitted into the strike, and the latch bolt is inserted into the latch bolt receiving aperture, whereupon the second vertical frame is supported on the other side portion of the door by the latch tacker.

Abstract: To transfer a file comprising block data at high speed between sequential access type auxiliary memories, a file transmission program inquires of an operating system about the physical storage positions of the block data, determines a reading order to reduce the read access time on the basis of the results of inquiry, and issues read requests sequentially to the operating system according to the reading order. The file transmission program requests the operating system to transmit the read block data. The block data together with respective logical identification data, for example, logical block numbers, are transmitted to a receiving end which may be another computing system. The operating system at the receiving end is requested to secure the number of physical data blocks required to store the block data.

Abstract: Separation of nitrogen and carbon dioxide is accomplished by a method using as a separating material one member selected from the group consisting of sepiolite in the unmodified form, sepiolite which has been heat-treated, and sepiolite which has had part or the whole of the exchangeable cation thereof replaced with zinc ion and which has been subsequently subjected to a heat treatment.

Abstract: A moving picture compressed signal changeover apparatus changes over from a first moving picture compressed signal containing intra-frame coded frames, forward prediction coded frames and bidirectional prediction coded frames to a second moving picture compressed signal containing intra-frame coded frames, forward prediction coded frames and bidirectional prediction coded frames such that a frame of the first moving picture compressed signal occurring just before an intra-frame coded frame or a forward prediction coded frame of the first moving picture compressed signal is connected to an intra-frame coded frame of the second moving picture compressed signal. A predetermined signal which is different from the first and second moving picture compressed signals may be inserted between the connected frames of the first and second moving picture compressed signals. Alternatively, at least one of the first and second moving picture compressed signals may be delayed so as to adjust a connecting timing.

Abstract: A device includes an electrically programmable semiconductor integrated circuit or circuits, such as a Field Programmable Gate Array. Each circuit comprises a plurality of fundamental sections connected to a plurality of signal lines, wherein each fundamental section is permitted to carry out both operation in a logical operation mode for performing a logical operation using signals delivered from the signal lines and operation in a wiring formation mode for carrying out setting of connecting states between the respective signal lines, whereby the semiconductor integrated circuit is operable in any operation mode arbitrarily selected. The fundamental section may be of a structure capable of performing a sequential logical operation as the logical operation mode. In this case, at least one of the memories of the memory section corresponds to a latch memory.